**EXHIBIT 32**

**SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATIONS**

In connection with the Annual Report of Corus Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Robert J. Glickman, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: 

|   | (1)    | The Report   fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the   Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and                                |
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|   |   |                                                                                                                                                     |
|   | (2)    | The   information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material   respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Corus Bankshares, Inc. and will be retained by Corus Bankshares, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

| February 26,   2007 |   | /s/ ROBERT J. GLICKMAN    |
|---------------------|--------|---------------------------|
|                |   |                           |
|                |   | Robert J.   Glickman      |
|                |   | Chief   Executive Officer |

In connection with the Annual Report of Corus Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Tim H. Taylor, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: 

|   | (1)    | The Report   fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the   Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and                                |
|--------|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   |   |                                                                                                                                                     |
|   | (2)    | The   information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material   respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Corus Bankshares, Inc. and will be retained by Corus Bankshares, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

| February 26,   2007 |   | /s/ TIM H. TAYLOR         |
|---------------------|--------|---------------------------|
|                |   |                           |
|                |   | Tim H. Taylor             |
|                |   | Chief   Financial Officer |